Family:Whitney, Seymour (1858-1945)

Seymour¹⁰ Whitney (Nelson⁹, Alonzo Adams⁸, Abraham Johnson⁷, James⁶, Samuel⁵, Samuel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Nelson⁹ and Susan Caroline (Parcel) Whitney, was born 31 Aug 1858, Whitneyville, PA, and died 31 Oct 1945, Charleston, PA. He was buried in East Charleston Cemetery, Whitneyville, PA.^[1]

He married, 28 Nov 1880, East Charleston, PA, Ida M. Jennings, daughter of James Herbert and Mary (Abbot) Jennings. She was born 20 Sep 1858, Ulysses, PA, and died 26 Jun 1942, Delmar, PA, of an intestinal obstruction.^[2] She was buried in Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses, PA.^[3]

Children of Seymour¹⁰ and Ida M. (Jennings) Whitney:

i.	James Nelson11 Whitney, b. Jun 1883, PA; d. Apr 1964, Tioga Co., PA; bur. East Charleston Cemetery, Whitneyville, PA;[4] m. Anna M. Brown.
ii.	Elmer P. Whitney, b. 22 Sep 1892, East Charleston, PA; d. 12 May 1962, Portland, OR; bur. Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR;[5] m. 21 Nov 1921, Tioga Co., PA, Minnie Hayes.[6]

Census

• 1900, Charleston, Tioga Co., PA:

122 122 Whitney, Seymour Head W M Sep 1858 41 mar 20 Pennsylvania New York New York Farmer, Owns mortgaged farm -----, Ida M. Wife W F Sep 1859 40 mar 20 1ch 1liv Pennsylvania New York Pennsylvania Whitney, Jay N. Son W M Jun 1883 16 sgl Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania At school -----, Elmer Son W M Sep 1892 7 sgl Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania At school

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 614.

• Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 2243.

• Census records.

1.^  FindAGrave Memorial #52482241, Seymour Whitney.

2.^  Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, from Ancestry.com.

3.^  FindAGrave Memorial #77088594, Ida M. Jennings Whitney.

4.^  FindAGrave Memorial #144583908, James N. "Jay" Whitney.

5.^  FindAGrave Memorial #3944560, Elmer P. Whitney.

6.^  Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, at FamilySearch.org.

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